KFC Sent Insensitive Kristallnacht Promotion via Holiday Detection System

November 9, 2022

An error in KFC's automated holiday detection system led to the promotion of chicken on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, highlighting the need for safe and secure AI practices. Such incidents underscore the importance of guardrails for AI through responsible AI governance.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.649, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
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Alleged deployer: kfc
Alleged developer: kfc
Alleged harmed parties: jewish-people

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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